---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities and the property on which they sit."
description: "Concerning the sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities and the property on which they sit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wa"
legislature: "Washington Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "SB 5198"
citation: "Washington SB 5198 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frame"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88aaa354-151f-4c8c-96b4-3852e47b9270"
source_url: "http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=5198&year=2023"
source_hash: "e6d6ab4bc1e55207012f89ec105532649f165b61b75f2646a7f60e3d95e86a84"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wa"]
---

# Washington SB 5198 (2023-2024) — Concerning the sale or lease of manufactured/mobile home communities and the property on which they sit.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5198.htm)
2. **Engrossed Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5198-S2.E.htm)
3. **Second Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5198-S2.htm)
4. **Second Substitute Passed Legislature** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5198-S2.PL.htm)
5. **Substitute Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/Biennium/2023-24/Htm/Bills/Senate%20Bills/5198-S.htm)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#2) — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#16) — **31–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frame — primary (person)
- C. Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
- Hunt — cosponsor (person)
- Keiser — cosponsor (person)
- Kuderer — cosponsor (person)
- Lovelett — cosponsor (person)
- Nobles — cosponsor (person)
- Valdez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled for introduction. `filing`
- **2023-01-09** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-15** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-15** HSG - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** And refer to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Ways & Means. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Public hearing in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-02-24** Executive action taken in the Senate Committee on Ways & Means at 9:00 AM.
- **2023-02-24** WM - Majority; 2nd substitute bill be substituted, do pass. `substitution`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; do not pass. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Minority; without recommendation. `committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-24** Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
- **2023-03-01** Placed on second reading by Rules Committee. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** 2nd substitute bill substituted (WM 23). `substitution`
- **2023-03-03** Floor amendment(s) adopted.
- **2023-03-03** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03** Third reading, passed; yeas, 31; nays, 17; absent, 0; excused, 1. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-06** First reading, referred to Housing. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-13** Public hearing in the House Committee on Housing at 1:30 PM.
- **2023-03-16** Executive action taken in the House Committee on Housing at 8:00 AM.
- **2023-03-16** HOUS - Majority; do pass. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Rules 2 Review. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading. `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** Third reading, passed; yeas, 95; nays, 3; absent, 0; excused, 0. `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24** President signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Speaker signed. `passage`
- **2023-03-31** Delivered to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Governor signed. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06** Chapter 40, 2023 Laws. `became-law`
- **2023-04-06** Effective date 7/23/2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88aaa354-151f-4c8c-96b4-3852e47b9270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).